This employee-led rally was attended by Google cofounder Sergey
Brin, who addressed the crowd about his own experiences: Brin's
family came here as refugees from the USSR when he was a child,
at the height of the Cold War. His remarks, as captured on YouTube
by a Googler in attendance, take many jabs at President
Trump.

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"So many people were obviously outraged by this order, as
am I myself, being an immigrant and a refugee," Bring told the
crowd.

"I'm glad to see the energy here today and around the world
to know that people are fighting for what's right out there,"
Brin continued.

"I think it's important to not frame this debate as being
'liberal' versus 'Republican' and so forth," Brin told the crowd.
"It's a debate about fundamental values, about thoughtful
policymaking and many of the other things that I think are -
apparently not universally adored - but I think the vast majority
of our country and of our legislators and so forth support."

You can read a transcript of Brin's full remarks below, where he
calls for unity - and makes a joke about sporting a "Pence 2017"
bumper sticker, which could be taken as a veiled call for
Congress to impeach President Trump.

Of note is that while Brin and Google CEO Sundar Pichai spoke at
this event, the official keynote speaker at the rally was
Soufi Esmaeilzadeh, a Google product manager and Harvard
Business School alum, we're told. Esmaeilzadeh is an
Iranian-born Canadian citizen who has lived in the U.S. for the
past 15 years, but had just landed in Switzerland when the order
went into effect.

Pichai, who was born and raised in India, has been especialy
vocal in fighting President Trump's executive order on
immigration, with
Google setting up a $4 million emergency fund to help
affected employees with legal and living costs. Pichai
also wrote that "it's painful to see the personal cost
of this executive order on our colleagues" in a leaked e-mail to
Google employees.

Read what Brin told Google employees:

But in all seriousness, so many people were obviously outraged by
this order, as am I myself, being an immigrant and a refugee.

I came here to the US at age 6 with my family from the Soviet
Union which was at that time the greatest enemy the US had, maybe
it still is. It was a dire period, the cold war, as some people
remember it. It was under the threat of nuclear annihilation. And
even then the US had the courage to take me and my family in as
refugees.

And I'd say the risks at the time, letting in these foreigners
from a land that might spy on you, learn the nuclear secrets on
the back...and there were many cases of espionage, those risks
were far greater than the terrorism we face today. And
nevertheless, this country was brave and welcoming and I wouldn't
be where I am today or have any kind of the life that I have
today if this was not a brave country that really stood out and
spoke for liberty.

But to fast forward, Saturday night at SFO was a really warm
wonderful experience to be honest. I saw so many of you there, I
saw so many friends and family there, all with the same spirit. I
found that very touching and I'm glad to see the energy here
today and around the world to know that people are fighting for
what's right out there.

I think that as we do that, and I've spent time talking to
[Google CEO] Sundar [Pichai] about it and so forth, I think that
we need to be smart about it too. And that means bringing in
folks who have some different viewpoints and so forth. Maybe it's
somebody who we don't agree with on climate change. But
nevertheless, there are many rational, thoughtful people out
there, who maybe they vote Republican, or Democrat or
independent, or whatever, but are outraged by these kinds of
actions. and it's important to be welcoming and reach out to
them. and in fact we've been working to do exactly that. Some of
us might even adopt Pence 2017 bumper stickers.

But I guess my point being, I think it's important to not frame
this debate as being liberal versus republican and so forth. It's
a debate about fundamental values , about thoughtful policymaking
and many of the other things that I think are - apparently not
universally adored - but I think the vast majority of our country
and of our legislators and so forth support. And I think it's
important to frame it in that way and to be inclusive in that
way. and sometimes think that might be really difficult because I
know we have many many different values here that might not be
universally shared. But I think these are really special times
and i think it's important to form friendships with many
different people.

I hope this energy carries forward in many different ways, beyond
what just our company can do, beyond just what company can do,
but as really a powerful force and really a powerful moment.